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May 19, 2024
Dillard’s, Inc. Announces $0.25 Cash Dividend
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Aramco and Spiritus to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology, Investment by Aramco Ventures
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Avangrid to Be Acquired by Iberdrola
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Rockwell Institute Celebrates Highest Real Estate Exam Pass Rates for First-Time Test Takers in the State of Washington
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Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. Announces Inducement Grants Under NYSE Listing Rule 303A.08
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Xylem Inc. Declares Second Quarter Dividend of 36 Cents per Share
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The AZEK Company Receives NYSE Notice Regarding Filing of Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2024
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Historic Bellevue House reopens
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L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans Unveil New, Vibrant Community Resource Center in Panorama City with
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WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE COMPANY WATKINS-CONTI RECEIVES FDA 510(K) CLEARANCE FOR NEW STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE DEVICE YŌNI.FIT&
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After Launching Massive Camp Giveaway for NYC Families Affected by "Summer Rising" Crisis, Brains & Motion Education (BAM!)
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May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Partners with American Indian College Fund to Support Native Student Veterans
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Statement by the Prime Minister on Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day
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Red Door Community Raises more than $300,000 at Their Annual Luncheon Celebrating Women Working and Living with Cancer
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Federal, provincial and territorial ministers gather to support culture and heritage at annual meeting
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Historic Inaugural Class Graduates from OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation
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Angels Helpers NYC 2024 Charity Gala Raises Funds for Harlem School of the Arts, Highbridge Voices
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Sacred Heart Celebrates 125th Anniversary
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HERImpact: Entrepreneurship for Impact Program Kicks Off in Chicago, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
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Author details How to Fearlessly Keep Your Small Business Sailing through the Rough Seas of the Recession
March 13, 2009
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KAVANAUGH PROTEST
October 05, 2018
NEW YORK - With Judge Brett Kavanaugh officially ascending to the Supreme Court on tomorrow afternoon, thousands of New Yorkers gathered in Times Square to denounce the new Associate Justice, who replaces retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. ...
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Few Blacks Wear Seatbelts
September 06, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the No. 1 leading cause of unintentional injury death for all Blacks is motor vehicle crashes. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Blacks ages 1 to 14. Of those killed while passengers in a vehicle, 52 percent of Black children were not restrained at the time of the crash. Though wearing a seat belt is the best way to avoid injury, ...
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White Supremacist Sentenced For Hate Crime
September 06, 2011
In January 2010, Zachary Beck and two other white supremacists attacked a black man in downtown Vancouver, Wash., yelling, "White Power!" "You're dead!" and racist slurs. In U.S. District court, Beck was sentenced to 51 months in prison. According to court documents, Beck and his co-conspirators, Kory Boyd and Lawrence Silk, attacked a Black man in a Vancouver sports bar on Jan. 7, 2010, because of the man’s race. ...
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Louisiana Prisons Put Black Voting Power At Risk
September 02, 2011
Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Sometimes called “The Farm†because of its plantation-like set-up, it houses almost 5,300 men, of whom 3,900 are serving life sentences, 968 face terms of 40 years or more, and 83 are on death row. The prison is located 90 minutes ...
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Civil Rights Groups Express 9/11 Solidarity
September 01, 2011
National civil rights, human rights, civil liberties, Muslim, Jewish, and South Asian groups introduced their statement of shared principles and previewed their activities related to the 10th anniversary of 9/11. More than 70 diverse organizations have signed on to the statement of shared principles in advance of the anniversary ...
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Al Gore Compares Climate Change Skeptics To Racists
August 30, 2011
In an interview with FearLess Revolution founder, Alex Bogusky, former U.S. vice President Al Gore compared the debate over climate change to the Civil Rights movement in the US in the 1960s. This comparison has sparked negative reaction from members of the black leadership network, Project 21. The group condemned Gore’s attempt to "injected race into the debate over emissions regulations by comparing those ...
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SC Latino Home Ownership Tumbles
August 22, 2011
Analysis of new US Census figures show the number of Hispanic homeowners in South Carolina and in Greenville County fell from 2000 through 2010 although the Hispanic population more that doubled. Wilfredo Leon, ...
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Does The Tea Party Have A Problem With Immigrants?
August 22, 2011
American voters sympathetic to the Tea Party movement reflect four primary cultural and political beliefs more than other voters do: authoritarianism, libertarianism, fear of change, and negative attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, according to new research to be presented today at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Our findings show that the Tea Party movement ...
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In Arizona Aftermath, States Steer Clear Of Immigration Fight
August 02, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and the consequences that anti-immigrant legislation could have in their own backyards, according to a New America Media report. “Arizona was a wake up call for other states,†said Elena Lacayo, field coordinator with the Immigration Policy Project at the National Council ...
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Black Conservatives Blast Democratic Official
July 21, 2011
The black conservative group, Project 21, today is criticizing white Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is head of the Democratic National Committee. The group says Wasserman Schultz unaccountably targeted a black colleague, Republican congressman Allen West ...
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Obama Meets Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges
July 18, 2011
When Ruby Bridges visited the Oval Office President Obama told her, "I think it's fair to say that if it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't be here today." November 14, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of six-year-old Ruby's history-changing walk to the William Franz Public School in New Orleans as part of court-ordered ...
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Alabama Lawmakers Compared To KKK
July 15, 2011
It seems the new Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama are the state’s lawmakers and its target – no longer blacks – but undocumented migrants who have called the state home and kept the economic engines of small businesses running, reports CaribPR Wire founder Felicia Persaud. A new immigration law in the state ...
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New ID Laws Potentially Suppress Youth, Minority Vote
July 15, 2011
Earlier this summer, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed off on a new law, Assembly Bill 7, that requires Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls. Critics of the law contend that this requirement will disenfranchise ...
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Obama Borrows Iconic Civil Rights-era Painting
July 12, 2011
Decades after Ruby Bridges made history walking into a desegregated New Orleans elementary school, the nation's first black president has chosen to honor her courage and that moment in time by hanging the painting outside of the Oval Office. The Norman Rockwell Museum announced the loan of Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting ...
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Al Sharpton Teams To Discuss Sexual Diversity Among Black Men
July 08, 2011
In response to the brewing controversy around homosexuality and the Black community, the Black Men's Xchange (BMX) National has joined forces with the National Action Network and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement to present the community forum I AM A MAN: Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity in the Black Community next Saturday at the National Action Network in New York. ...
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Florida Marks End Of Beach Segregation Anniversary
July 07, 2011
The city of Fort Lauderdale honored the legacy of civil rights activist Eula Gandy Johnson and the 50th year anniversary of the end of beach segregation. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Eula Johnson House, 1100 Sistrunk Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The program was a part of the city’s year-long centennial celebrations ...
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BLACKS WIN KATRINA SUIT
July 07, 2011
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations today announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the "Road Home" program. ...
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Black Activist Gets Kudos For Helping Immigrants
July 06, 2011
Lumumba was recognized for serving a different community. He is one of this year’s recipients of the Freedom from Fear Award, produced by the nonprofit group, Public Interest Projects. The honor recognized accomplishments made on behalf of immigrants and refugees. Among other accomplishments, Lumumba’s citation notes that last summer he introduced a Jackson City Council measure preventing the city’s police from making “unwarranted inquiries into a person’s immigration status.†...
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Parent's Group Opposes Charter School Expansion Plan
July 05, 2011
Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States today is speaking out in opposition of HR 2218, the “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.†...
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Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process
July 05, 2011
The existence of obstacles to Asian Americans gaining admission to elite universities stems from the perception that, as a group, they have performed relatively well in higher education. From 1976 to 2007, the percentage of Asian American college students increased from 1.8 to 6.7 percent ...
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Best Buy Accused Of Widespread Profiling
June 29, 2011
Best Buy Co., the nation's largest electronics retailer, faces new allegations of discrimination and retaliation barely one week after agreeing to settle ...
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Redistricting Reform Threatens Minority Voice
June 27, 2011
Few ordinary Californians have been more intensely interested in the state’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission than Berkeley-based Tea Party activist David Salaverry. Back in March, he realized that the fledgling panel, with its 14 citizen ...
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Mystery Still Surrounds '64 KKK Killings
June 27, 2011
A cloud of mystery still surrounds the events of the Deep South’s most notorious nights: the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers who were chased down a rural lane by a gang of Klansmen, beaten, shot and buried in a dam. The case riveted America, prompting Lyndon Johnson, the President ...
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The Ugly Politics Behind Alabama's New Anti-Immigrant Law
June 22, 2011
Despite soaring deficits, cuts in social services, worker layoffs and tornado-devastated communities, Alabama's first Republican-controlled government in 136 years has turned its focus on undocumented immigrants ...
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Battle Brewing Over New Fla. Voter-Registration Law
June 08, 2011
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), reacting to outrage voiced by her constituents, this week asked the Department of Justice to block the new law. ...
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Black Caucus Chief Promises Fight For Jobs Bill
June 08, 2011
“After five months of controlling the House, the Republican Leadership continues to prevent critical jobs legislation from being considered and passed." ...
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Liberals Vs. Cornel West, What's The Beef?
June 08, 2011
For the last few weeks, journalists, liberal bloggers and academics have been piling on the Princeton professor and best-selling author with one vicious attack after another. ...
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Women Soldiers Show Resilience Similar To Men
June 07, 2011
“Contrary to popular belief, women who go to war respond to combat trauma much like their male counterparts,†said lead author Dawne Vogt. ...
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Challenge Filed Against GA's "Show Me Your Papers" Law
June 02, 2011
“Georgia's law is fundamentally un-American: we are not a 'show me your papers' country nor one that believes in making certain people ‘untouchables.’ ...
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CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy
May 31, 2011
The sheriff's new policy comes as the California Assembly approved a bill to revise the state's agreement on using the federal Secure Communities program. ...
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